Kaiten Type1 (Replica)
The human torpedo "Kaiten(Heaven Shaker)" was invented in the last years of World War II in the hope that it would shake heaven to turn the war.
These special attack weapons carrying a tremendous amount of explosives were operated by pilots who attacked enemy battle ships with their own vessels. A training base was established here on Ozu-Shima, where elite pilots around age twenty were gathered from across the nation and took part in intense daily drills. Many of these young pilots went on special attack missions from this little island in order to protect their country, which was in dire straits.
| Total Length | 14.75m |
| Diameter | 1m |
| Total Weight | 8.3t |
| Weight of Loaded Explosive | 1.55t |
| Speed |
10knot |
20knot (37.04km/h) |
30knot |
| Cruising distance | 78km | 43km | 23km |
| Cruising | 253minutes | 70minutes | 25minutes |
Visitor Information
Open / 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed / Wendnesdays;New Year Holidays (If a holiday falls on a Wednesday, the museum is closed on the following day.)
Admission Fees / Adult: \ 310 (\ 250)
※Fee admission for students 18 years of age or yonger and children
Group admission fees (see in the parentheses) apply to group of 30 or more.
Contact
■Shunan City Kaiten Memorial Museum
1960 Ozu-Shima,Shunan City 745-0057
TEL・FAX 0834-85-2310
